Guitar for Beginners: How to Play Your First Song In 7 Days Even If You’ve Never Picked Up A Guitar
£13.20
Ever dreamed of learning to play the guitar?
Well it’s time to stop dreaming amigo. Let’s take that fantasy and turn it into a reality! Learning to play the guitar isn’t the monumental, uphill struggle you imagine in your head. When you’ve got a great teacher (me), learning guitar is enjoyable and so very rewarding. The feeling of being able to play your first song is just incredible…you’ll soon see!
I tried before and it sucked
You’re sitting there with a chord book and your guitar, these shapes are confusing and your fingers hurt, you begin to feel hopeless, that was me too! Guitar for Beginners is different as we know what it takes to build the right relationship with your guitar, from the moment you pick it up.
We demystify the guitar for you
Picking up a guitar for the first time can be pretty intimidating. How do I turn it on? How fragile is it? What the heck is even going on here? Take it easy buddy, there’s no need to freak out, Guitar for Beginners is exactly that, for beginners. We go through the very first steps and teach the super basics in the proper way. From how to hold a guitar pick to good playing posture, you’re getting a top-notch education.
Learn to play the guitar the right way from the start
To become a great guitar player, you need to build strong foundations and good habits. Learn the correct way to play from the moment you start and you’ll avoid many problems that even pro guitar players suffer from later on. Bad habits are difficult to break so the key is not to develop them at all!
You’ll be playing your first song in just 7 Days!
Guitar for Beginners will get you playing right away. We know how important it is for beginners to make quick progress in order to stay motivated. With years of experience we take you right to the good stuff. Forget the boring introductions and tedious exercises and get playing songs you love quicker than you could have ever imagined.
What’s the first step?
Teaching you how to properly hold your guitar and how to tune it. The book goes through every step to make sure you’re not starting on the back foot. Get the beginning stuff right and you’re guaranteed to succeed. If your guitar is upside down and out of tune, you’re not going to be doing yourself any favors!
Reading guitar tablature made easy
Become fluent in reading guitar tabs. Learning with tabs is the easiest way to start rocking riffs and learning licks from your favorite tunes. Discover new chords and memorize songs to impress your friends and family.
From total beginner to guitar player
Learning to play guitar is like gaining a new level of cool, it becomes part of your identity. Guitar for Beginners will take you from the very start and turn you bonafide guitarist in no time. After playing your first song in the very first week, you’ll move on to learning all sorts of cool stuff.
Convinced? Of course, you are! So head back up to the top of the page and click & Buy now. Treat yourself to the gift of learning to play the guitar with Guitar for Beginners. It will enrich your life and provide many years of happiness all while looking damn cool!
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Additional information
| Publisher | Independently published (16 July 2019) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 136 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1080955321 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1080955329 |
| Dimensions | 21.59 x 0.79 x 27.94 cm |
by GeeDoubleYew
Ideal introduction, clearly explained and easy to understand
by Z
I’m a complete beginner on the guitar, though I can read music and play other instruments. There were good reviews of this book and I have no idea why. I’ve got to the end of day 3 so far and I find the book is very little help.
The timing is completely unrealistic. As he mentions, playing makes your fingers sore and he says you should stop and rest them so that you don’t get blisters. But he also says you should play for several hours a day. The two don’t go together. I can’t even manage half an hour a day in several sessions yet. Then you get to play Happy Birthday. Then he puts down some more melodies, which are not tunes. It would be far better to put recognisable tunes so that you could enjoy playing them and start to get a feel for the notes. The pictures of him playing chords aren’t helpful – with the A chord, for example, he has one finger on the fret and another so far down that (having tried in exactly the same placings) you cannot get a clear note. With the tabs, it would be much more helpful if he put the name of the note down, as well as the tab. I can look up to the stave and read it, but I’m getting no feel, after a week, for what note I’m playing at any time. There is simply not enough content at the early stages, he’s so intent on rushing through in seven lessons that he doesn’t give enough to practise simply with. My husband was guitarist in a professional band, back in the day, and he’s as unimpressed with the book as I am. He’s taught me rather more than the book has.
It’s good that the writer is encouraging and there are certainly some good tips. The tuning instructions are clear and so is the general information. Glancing forward, I can see that there is good advice – but I’ll certainly need another book to help me (not written by Guitar Head) if I’m to get that far. I’m sure there’s something better out there, I can’t recommend this book.
by brian cottrell
Easy to follow
by ron abbott
To tune up the guitar strings practically every time you get the guitar out to play a really needed item cannot be without one
by Julie Anne
I found this book to be a bit too advanced for an absolute beginner like myself but using this and an app I’ve found, I should be strumming away in no time ????????????
by edthehead
I’ve never played guitar before, but my granddaughter’s spare electric guitar was sitting there doing nothing. So I decided I would give it ago as I had always wanted to. The instructions and examples are easy to follow. I am now able to play some basic cords and read tab. This won’t turn you into Jimmy Hendrix over night, but you will be playing guitar, which is more than I was doing before. I have used the kindle version, and it’s a shame you can’t play the backing tracks through the app. So I downloaded separately onto my phone. I would totally recommend this to anyone who aspires to play guitar, just don’t expect miracles over night, just sore fingers.
Just a short update to my previous review. I’m now using a hard copy of the book for ease of use, as it was a bit of a pain using the app and playing the backing tracks. Plus it’s much easier to see what you need to be playing in the book rather that on a small screen using the app. P.S. I’ve been playing for an hour a day and I’ve improved greatly. Really enjoying playing and should have brought this book sooner.
by frank hogan
Good book
by Steve
Play your first song in 7 days ? In your dreams maybe !! Some good points to the book for sure BUT as a complete beginner, unless you have a natural talent which most won’t, you will NOT be playing in 7 days. First of all your fingers will be hurting so much, secondly it takes time to learn how to hold the guitar and pick, thirdly although it’s pretty easy to learn a new chord playing different chords quickly and fluently and in tune will not be achieved in 7 days. It takes time to quickly change chords, fourthly strumming takes time to learn. Also, a book is one thing but should be accompanied by a video presentation to play along with, learning visually about finger placement, pick holding, guitar holding etc, strumming and then playing along with. You really can’t beat visual learning. I’m sure the author is well intentioned but really don’t believe the hype. I did sign up for his paid monthly subscription but cancelled a few days later, it really isn’t, in my opinion, well prepared or detailed enough for beginners to warrant the cost. I was looking for video teachings centred around the book but it isn’t. Do a search for justinguitar.com for a much better, and free, video guitar courses.